Use of backyard modules for growing vegetables with greater demand in the area of Tuxpan, Veracruz

Abstract

In the world, innovative technologies have been developed in the agricultural sector, which as a main goal to increase the quality of products and increase volume, currently one of the most important objectives, is the care of the environment and the consumption of healthy food. The main innovation of this project are the hydroponic crops in modules to be able to grow vegetables in small spaces of the houses (backyard). These crops have the advantage of producing crops in a shorter time. Therefore, it was planned to implement the use of backyard modules for growing vegetables with greater demand in the area of Tuxpan, Veracruz. Surveys were carried out taking into account only the economically active population of a range of ages from 18 to over 40 years, obtaining a sample size of 382 people to survey, the objective of the surveys was mainly to determine the type of vegetables that have greater demand and the type of modules that citizens would be willing to acquire to produce their vegetables for own consumption and / or commercialization. The results that were obtained showed that of the 382 people surveyed, the consumption of vegetables was confirmed by 1135 more people; the preferred sites to acquire the vegetables are the small local shops and the market; the vegetables that are most in demand are tomato,  green  tomato,  chile,  onion,  coriander, zucchini,  chard, spinach,  lettuce,  garlic potato, radishes, carrots, broccoli, beans, cauliflower, epazote and aubergine; The main causes of vegetable consumption are health and nutrition; 47% of the population has a notion of hydroponics techniques, affirms that they would consume products grown under said technique, would like to have their own hydroponic module and would like to acquire the technological package; and finally, 336 people surveyed would be interested in acquiring a hydroponic module, of which only 186 are willing to pay a value of $ 1000.00 to $ 3000.00 pesos.